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funny, we've been messaging about Atari 2600 over at a yahoo videogames group I belong to the last week or so. It's pretty dead there all the time. I picked Nintendo. Nintendo came in on the graces of designer Shigeru Miyamoto who is a legend & who created the original Donkey Kong & vs. Super Mario Bros. roms.
It may of be of interest to know:
Q: What does the Atari symbol represent?
A: The Atari symbol was designed by George Opperman in 1972. Pong was very big then, and the big letter A represented two opposing video game players with the center of the Pong court in the middle.
Q: What does the word "atari" mean?
A: The word atari comes from the game of Go, perhaps the world oldest board game. Several early 80's magazine references define atari as "you are about to be engulfed," but the rec.games.go FAQ denotes that word in this way:
atari : A group of stones is in atari if it has only one liberty left.
Of course the original company, Atari Games founded in 1972, was the pioneer in arcade games, home video consoles & even personal computers.
(of other interest (to me (at least)))
The History channel is airing what I expect to be a great documentary tonight at 9 pm est Einstein's Letter as part of their new "10 days that Unexpectedly Shaped America". In case you can't tear yourself away from 24 or something else just now, the show will replay at 1 am est & I''m sure at some point during the week.
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